Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5359, Thadeus Dodge, Mass.

SERVICE
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Dodge, Thadeus
S. 5359
carded
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73 Worcester
15777 Maria Muzzell
Shadew Lodge
of Worcester in the State of Mass ts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sturtevant of the Reg t commanded by Col Dyer in the Mass a line for 9 Months
Mrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 36 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1835 and Sept  1835 Miss Priscilla Muzzell
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $ 6.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 1835 15.00 $21.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. H. Rodman Clerk, Book — Vol. 20 Page 17

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss. ON this twenty third day of October in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Daim Esquire Judge of Probate now sitting Madison Dodge a resident of Brookfield in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 18 1862. THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. viz. That in the month of October eighteen hundred and sixty five he went to Brookfield to enlist in the County of Norfolk as a soldier in the War of the rebellion as a substitute for his father for the term of six weeks in the Company commanded by Capt. Morton, his said father having enlisted in said Service for the term of eight months near that time sick & unable to serve the said Thaddeus went to said Brookfield & took his place & served as a soldier during said six weeks. That in the month of month of September eighteen hundred and sixty six about the middle of said Month his father being again unable to go into the service as a soldier or furnish a man, sent him and he said Thaddeus went as substitute for his father discharged from said Brookfield to the Town of Linton and was then enlisted by Captain Ezekiel Knowlton & marched under his command from said Linton to Dorchester in the County of Norfolk and there remained doing duty as a soldier until about the middle of February following at which time he was dismissed & he again returned to Brookfield. said Company was attached to the Virginia Column commanded by Col. Dyer - That in the month of October eighteen hundred and sixty six he enlisted for the term of three months as a volunteer in the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Richardson they of said Brookfield, Matthew Brown Master of said Company was made Captain & Capt. Thurston of said Brookfield & said Company was made up soldiers from the towns of Hardwick, Brookfield & New Britain - That he immediately marched with said Company expecting to go to Fort Monroe in the state of Virginia but was ordered to New Haven near New York and was there mustered into the service of the United States and passed through the state of New York - That he never received any written discharge at the expiration of either of his terms of service - That he was never in said County of Brookfield in which town he has never since resided - That he has no evidence of his service that he knows of other than what results from the testimony of the deposition of Benjamin Dyer & Andrew Brant which are hereto annexed -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency.
Green to and after March 1, 1941, the type of credit.
Before Nath. H. McClusky, Than. Soder of Private in the Court of Weymouth.

We Micah Stone a Clergyman residing in the Town of Brookfield and Joseph W. Hamilton residing in said Brookfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zadocus Dodge who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathl. Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Micah Stone Jos. W. Hamilton
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Micah Stone who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Brookfield and that Jos. W. Hamilton who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Register, Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zadocus Dodge for a pension. That Jesse Bliss before whom the annexed affidavits were made, is a Justice of the Peace in the County of Worcester that the deposition is sworn to. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 23 day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Theophilus Wheeler Register of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
Worcester ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that since making the above certificate and the return of this case from Washington, one additional paper on which is written the affidavits of Zadocus Dodge, Samuel Gilbert, Nathl. Paine and Thomas Barnes, made before Jesse Bliss has been produced in said Court and annexed by ribbon under the seal of said Court.
I further certify that the said Jesse Bliss and Barlow Freeman before whom the said affidavits were made are Justices of the Peace in the County of Worcester duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures purporting to be the signatures of the said Jesse Bliss and Barlow Freeman are genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this sixth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Theophilus Wheeler Register of said Court
Zadocus Dodge Application
Zadocus Dodge

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for the County of Worcester, Thaddeus Dodge who being duly, sworn, deposith & that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades viz. that he served as a substitute for his father, who was taken sick in camp in the year eighteen hundred and twenty five in the Company commanded by Capt. Martin one month & fifteen days at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts - That he also served again as a substitute for his father in the year eighteen hundred & twenty six & seven under Captain Ezekiel Knowlton at Dorchester in said State of Massachusetts five months commencing the first of October 1776 and ending on the second day of March 1777 on which last mentioned day he was dismissed - That he also served as a volunteer soldier two months & fifteen days under Captain Joseph Pickens in the year 1779 commencing the middle of October in said year & ending the last day of December in the same year making in the whole nine months service - He further states that he was born on the eighteenth day of June 1761 in the said town of Brookfield in the County of Worcester but has no record of his age and knows of no record of his birth for which service he claims a pension Thaddeus Dodge
Worcester, July 28 th 1830 Then personally appeared Thaddeus Dodge the signor of the foregoing certificate and made oath that the facts set forth in the same are true & further certify that I am acquainted with the character of said Thaddeus Dodge and am of opinion that his testimony is entitled to credit and belief Isaac Bliss for Peace

We Lemuel Gilbert being of the age of eighty five years and Elijah Bartlett being of the age of seventy three years and Thomas Barnes aged eighty one years all of Brookfield in the County of Worcester do hereby certify that we have been personally acquainted with Thaddeus Dodge of said Brookfield for more than sixty years last past - and believe he has uniformly sustained a good character for truth and veracity and that he is respected in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier in War of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion -
Lemuel Gilbert Elijah Bartlett Thomas Barnes
Wormwood March 2 nd 1833 Then Personally appeared Lemuel Gilbert, Elijah Bartlett and Thomas Barnes and made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing certificate by them subscribed are true before me - I further certify that I am personally acquainted with said Lemuel Gilbert, Elijah Bartlett, & Thomas Barnes and am of opinion that their testimony is entitled to full credit & belief Japheth P. Pease

16751
Thaddeus Dodge
Private 9 months
5 06
July 25. 1833
P-215
Supa Blyf St Mookfield 19th St. Lawrence H. R. May

16751  BRIEF in the case of  Thaddeus Dodge  County of Worcester  in the State of  Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? _____  3. How old is he? 71  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Sub. In 1775 Octr. Six weeks 15 15 Private Capt. Morton —   Sub. 1776 Sept. — 5 — " Capt. E. Knowlton, Col. Dyke —   Vol. 1779 Octr. about 2 1/2 15 15 " Capt. P. Richardson.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Brookfield, R. I. Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional by 2 witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh Examining Clerk. Jan. 22. 1833.

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5359
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File No. 5359
Thadens Dodge
Prim Mfg. Wks
Act: June 14. 1882
Index:—Vol. M , Page 99
[Arrangement of 1870.]

16757
Thaddeus Dodge
Hon. J. G. Kendall PR

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Thaddeus Dodge further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? witnesses
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 3. 7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service, by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Comme on behalf of Massachusetts County of Worcester Sept 13. A.D. 1832 I Andrew Bannister of Brookfield in said County, aged seventy years, being duly sworn, do depose, testify & say that in October A.D. 1779 (I do not remember the day of the month), I volunteered as one of a company of volunteers formed out of the towns of Hardwick, Brookfield & New Braintree in said County of Worcester. The Com- pany was raised to go to Fort Stanwix in the State of New York. We left I left said Brookfield with said Company in said October. Thaddeus Dodge of said Brookfield was a private in said Company. The said Company marched to Albany, by Springfield, in Massachusetts, & Claverick in the State of New York. We received orders to remain in Albany & remained there till nearly the end of the term for which we volunteered. We then went up to New Haven then so called & crossed the River, & were missed at Soay, about half a month before the end of the said term of three months. The said Bannister Dodge performed military duty in said Company, as a private, from the time the said Company left Brookfield, till it was dismissed at Soay, as aforesaid. We were in the same mess & occupied the same room, while at Albany. The officers of our Com- pany, were Capt. Joseph Richardson of Brookfield afore- said, Lieut. Matthew Brown of said Brookfield, & Ensign Joseph Thurston of said New Braintree.
Andrew Bannister
Worcester St. August 13, 1832. Then appeared Andrew Bannister, above named, and made oath that the above deposition & statement by him subscribed, is true.
Before me Barlow Freeman, Justice of the Peace —
I certify that I am well acquainted with Andrew Bannister the signer of the above deposition & am of opinion that his testimony is entitled to credit
In witness whereof, I have
I certify that the said Barlow Freeman is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Worcester & that the signature is genuine Sept. 23 d 1832 Theophilus Wheeler, Clerk or Register of the Court of Justice for said County of Worcester

of Benjamin Dane of Shutesbury in the County of Franklin, Massachusetts, of lawful age, being duly sworn, do testify & say, that in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty-six I was with Theodore Dodge of Brookfield in the County of Worcester, five months at Dorchester in the State of Massachusetts & County of Norfolk, commencing on the first of October & ending on the last of February of the year above mentioned; during all of which time the said Dodge was doing militia duty as a substitute for his Father Joshua Dodge in the Company of Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton of Templeton in the County of Worcester, in the Regiment under the Command of Colonel Lyman. Said Regiment was made up entirely of Massachusetts Militia. I served during the five months aforesaid in the same Company with said Dodge & all the time was in service of his. Said Dodge resided in Brookfield at the time he went to Dorchester aforesaid as a substitute for his Father Joshua Dodge. Further Your Affidavit saith not. Benjamin Dane
Worcester ss. July 28. 1832 — Personally appeared Benjamin Dane above named, & made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true — Before me  Depr Bly's pro. Penn
I further certify that I am acquainted with said Benjamin Dane and am of opinion that his disposition is entitled to credit.
Depr Bly's pro. Penn